| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est / (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world") |
| 前 | qián | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then") |
| 之间 | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) |
| 查 | chá | to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) |
| 名 | míng | name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people |
| 座 | zuò | seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc |
| 斤 | jīn | catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 根 | gēn | root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) |
| 公 | gōng | public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 强 | qiáng | strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2] |
| 站台 | zhàn tái | platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website |
| 位 | wèi | position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential |
| 引 | yǐn | to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters |
| 词语 | cí yǔ | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression |
| 失败 | shī bài | to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4] |
| 规律 | guī lǜ | rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline |
| 学问 | xué wèn | learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships) |
| 参观 | cān guān | to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 药 | yào | medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison |
| 年度 | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual |
| 访问 | fǎng wèn | to visit; to call on (a person or place) / (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc) / (Tw) to interview (e.g. for a report or feature story) / CL:次[ci4] |
| 贷款 | dài kuǎn | a loan / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) |